News

2015

Professor Adam Dodek has been chosen by the Foundation for Legal Research as the winner of the 2015 Walter Owen Book Prize for his distinguished bookSolicitor-Client Privilege (LexisNexis Canada). He is the sixth professor from the Common Law Section to win the award in the past six years.

Professor Colleen Flood has been awarded an Open Operating Grant from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) to explore the regulation of two-tier health care across a range of jurisdictions.

Professor Rakhi Ruparelia has published an opinion piece for the Canadian Bar Association’s National Magazine entitled “Who are you calling racist?” which addresses the shortcomings of the methods used to screen potential jurors for racial partiality in trials involving racialized accused.

Among the many global health challenges facing the world today, antibiotic resistance is a problem that requires true global collective action. Drug-resistant diseases can spread across borders from something as simple as traveling. How do we address the threat of antibiotic resistance (ABR)? What legal, political, and economic tools are needed to achieve appropriate action?

On July 10, 2015, Professors Vanessa MacDonnell and Michael Pal hosted a symposium entitled “Politics and the Constitution,” which brought together a collection of emerging scholars and senior commentators for a series of lively discussions on topics ranging from parliamentary sovereignty and the role of the Supreme Court, to election administration and political finance.

Recent Common Law graduate Christien Levien (’14) has created a smartphone app designed to provide instant legal advice to individuals during an encounter with the police. Legalswipe draws on the Canadian Civil Liberties Association’s Know Your Rights handbook to guide users through police encounters via a series of touchscreen swipes.

The Law Foundation of Ontario has awarded a Community Leadership in Justice Fellowship to Bruce Campbell, Executive Director of Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. The focus of Mr. Campbell’s Fellowship will be public disasters and associated regulatory failure. Specifically, he will further his study of the Lac-Mégantic rail disaster of July 6, 2013.

The University of Ottawa’s Faculty of Law has earned a prestigious ranking on the Social Science Research Network’s (SSRN) list of the Top 500 International Law Schools. uOttawa currently ranks ninth on the list of total downloads from international law schools for the last twelve months, and second among Canadian law schools. This means the scholarship of uOttawa law researchers is being seen by more people than ever, and truly places uOttawa’s legal research production amongst the top schools in the world.

Professor Suzanne Bouclin has received an Early Researcher Award (ERA) from the Ministry of Research and Innovation for a five-year project entitled “Addressing the Access to Justice Crisis for Homeless People: The Potential for New Communications Technologies.”